Lions re-sign Maurice Stovall

Posted by Evan Silva on June 4, 2012, 5:33 PM EDT

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The Detroit Lions announced Monday that they have re-signed veteran wide receiver Maurice Stovall.

The 27-year-old Stovall was a third-round pick of the Buccaneers in 2006, after playing his college ball at Notre Dame. Stovall hasn’t panned out as a receiving threat in the pros, but he was a core special teamer in Detroit last season.

I don’t think Schwartz trusts him on offense and thats the reason he didn’t play many snaps and when they did, they never looked his way.

But honestly he could be a good receiving threat if he can demonstrate any sort of soft hands. He’s so tall and Stafford could just throw it up to a spot like he does with Calvin so often and be almost as effective.

I know the Lions always need more recievers but spending the little cap money you left on him, unless he converted to CB or SS, doesn’t make sense. However, since he’s a special teamer I understand why they would need him. They must plan on being on the receiving team a lot since their secondary could get torched every drive.